Washington panchang, 14 December 2028
Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 16:45 Moonrise 05:56 Margashirsha month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:20 to 16:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:41 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta 10:28 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:52
- 11:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
16:45 to 07:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 16:45 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Shula
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 22:31 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 22:31
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 21:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 22:14
- Karana Vishti until 11:23, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Shula
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 22:31 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:28 – 11:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:52
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:14 – 00:14 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:23 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:45 – 19:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:20 – 21:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:31 – 07:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:31 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:41 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Char | 10:52 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:24 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:35 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:35 – 20:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:24 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:42 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:31 – 07:21 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:29 Scorpio
- 07:29 – 09:30 Sagittarius
- 09:30 – 11:03 Capricorn
- 11:03 – 12:18 Aquarius
- 12:18 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 14:55 Aries
- 14:55 – 16:45 Taurus
- 16:45 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:32 Cancer
- 21:32 – 00:02 next day Leo
- 00:02 – 02:30 next day Virgo
- 02:30 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 07:21 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EST (UTC-5) · Method